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CHOICE POETRY.
. . i■ i . . .
THE TOWN CHILD AND TIIE COCN>
TRY CHILD.
BT ALLAN CUNNINGHAM.
Child of the country ! free as air
Ait thou, and as the sunshine fair;
Born, like a lilly, where the dew *
Lies odorous when the day is new;
Fed 'mid the May-flowers, like the ben,
Nursed to sweet music on Ihe knee,
Lulled in the breast to that glad tune
Which winds make 'mong the woods of June;
I sing o^thee—'lis sweet to sing
Ol such a fair and-gladsome thing.
Child of the town ! for thee I sigh ;
A gilded roof's thy golden sky—
A carpet is thy dasied sod—
A narrow street thy boundless road—
Thy rushing deer's the clattering tramp
Of Watchmen —thy best light's a lamp—
Through smoke, and not through trellissod
vines,
And blooming trees thy Bunbeam shines,
1 sing of thee in sadness: where
Else is wreck wrought in aught so fair ?
Child of the country! thy small t'oet
Tread on strawberries red and sweet;
Willi thee 1 wander forth to see
The flowers which might delight the boe ;
The buuJt o'er which the throstle sung,
In April, while she nursed her young;
The den beneath the slow thorn where
She bred her twins, the timorous hare ;
The knoll wronght o'er with wild blue-bells
Where brown bees build their balmy cells,
The greenwood stream, the shady pool,
Where trouts leap when (R day is cool;
Tbe shilfa's npst that seems to be
A portion of the sheltering tree;
And other marbles which my verse
Can find no language to rehearse.
Child of the town ! for thee, alas !
(Bad nrtnre spreads no flowers nor grass ;
Bitds build no neats, nor in Ihe sun
(Bad streams come singing as they run ;
A Maypole is thy blossomed tree,
A beetle is thy murmuring bee;
Thy bird is caged, thy dove is where
The poulterer dwells beside thy hare;
Thy fruit is pluckej), and by tbe wound,
Hawked clamorous all (he oity round ;
No roses twin-born on tbe stalk,
I'erfume thee in thy evening walk ;
No voice of birds—but to thee coines
The mingled din of cars and drums,
Tli# startling cries such as are rife
When wine tod wassail waken strife.
Child of tho country I on the lawn
I see thee like the bounding fawn ;
Blithe as the bird which tries its Wing
The first time on the winds of spring;
Bright a* the 6Un, when from the cloud
He comes as cocks ate crowing loud;
Now running, shouting, 'mid sunbeams,
Now grooping trout* jn lucid streams,
Now spinning like a mill-wheel round,
Now hunting echo's empty sound,
Now climbing up some old tall tree,
For climbing sake- Tis sweet to theo
To sit where birds can sit alone,
qt with these thy venturous throne.
Child of the town and bustling street,
Wbat woes and snares await thy (eet!
Thy paths are paved for five long miles,
Thy groves ana bills are peaks and tiles;
Thy fragrant air is yon thick smoke
Which shrouds thee like a morning cloak f
And thou ait cabined and confined
At once from son and dew and wind,
Or set thy loitering feet but on
Thy lengthened walks of slippery stone;
The coachmen there careering reels
With goaded steeds and maddening wheels;
While flashed at wine and alung at play,
lien' rush from darkness into day:
w ateam'a too strong for thy small bark,
There naught cau sail aave what is stark.
Fly from the town, sweet child ! for health
Is happiness, and strength and wealth.
There ia a lesson in each flower
A story in each stream and bower;
On every herb on which yon tread,
Are written words which rightly read,
Will lead you from earth's fragrant sod,
To hope, and holiness, and God.
TSXAS. —The Austin GuxtUt Rate* that
such Democrats as have been entrapped into
tbe Know-Nothing order are rapidly leaving
it A Stampede is going on that will soon
leave tho secret society high and dry in
Texts.
FEMALE MEDICAL STUDENTS.—A new bom
reopathio College is being erected in Cleve
land, Ohio, in wbioh there ia a department
for female students, witb lectures and dem
onstrations of their own sex.
RF A ripple in the silent pool from tho
falling of a pebble extends its circles to its
confines, in relation to the force of the agi
tation, and to it ia with the dissemination of
disease.
ty Few proverb* are more pithy and ex
pressive than tho following, or more calcula
ted to be aervioeable, both in public and pri
vate tile" Make yourself a sheep end the
wolves will eat you."
tW In Egypt (bey seam to study comfort
without regard to propriety, the summer snit
of a gentleman of fashion consisting of a
straw bat, a shirt poller and a tooth pick,
W 'Always be prepared fof death.' This
was Ihe admonition of a Missouri elder, at
he placed in bit sou's bell two bowit knives
and a revolver- '
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1855.
F>om the Star of Literaturi.
FASHION.
BY THE SATYR IST.
This is an age ol prodigy end prodigious
propsnsitiet ; an age of startling woudersand
still mors startling characteristics ; an age re
markable for its alt predominant all fantas
tical visions of inordinate fancy, of wild
whimsical and worthless sentimentalities,
and most remarkable for its nonsensical ab
surdities that blindfold their votaries. The
genuine, genteel material, characteristic of
the present day, will keep up the fashions,
make a wonderful exhibition of Bonnets,
Caps, and* Bloomer dresses, and tickle most
effectually, the sternest, soberest soul* of fol
lowing generations. It is called the "fas:
age," well does it deserve this title, for this
is a fast generation, a fast country, fast girls
and fast boys. It is fut in fashion, famine
and folly, and we fear these three character
istics will remain fast to it, until the favored
people of this favored clime, reflect upon
their follies and forsake them. The trifling
bubble in the current appears, glitters, swells,
bursts, and then rerurns again into it* origi
nal nothingness. Such is the life of the fol
lies and fancies of the present age; those
fineries and frivolities, those manifest absur
dities, those silly Somethings that allure and
captivate so many, and bring them .to bow
with their long-tailed coats, tight pants and
lighter boots, weak hearts and weaker heads,
at tbe shrine of fashion, and there perform
those innumerable unmeaning manoeuvres,
dictated to them by a wild unscrupulous in
congruous system of usages. " Young Amer
ica" is a gay juvenile, be smokes, spits,
chews and handles tbe Wine goblet with un
usual dexterity. He is e promising, intellec
tual, well proportioned youth. His "Old
Uncle Sam" thinks Jiim considerable, and
often boasts he will yet excel all the " world
and the rest of mankind," in the usage of the
fine arts, such as blacking, cigarsand French
broad cloth ; when he has arrived to the age
of maturity and discretion, he is either sent
to the Oregon frontiers to keep off the inva
ding Indians, or to Washington to learn how
they manufacture laws, broomsticksand boo
bies, keep office, prolong the sessions, make
money and spend it, and after a while occupy
the Presidential Chair, and rule over a
mighty Republic. Tnia is ihe American Ju
venile. But woe to the business of broom
making and selling! The Dandies'long-lailed
coats and Ladies' longer dresses prove ruin
ous to all such professions ; for they are nat
ural, self acting, sell-propelling sweepers ;
pavement, board walk and every place of
public resort are kept clear, clean and snug,
by these lately originated, ready-made and
readily used conveniences they are natural
curiosities, fine specimens of fashionable ge
nius and fashionable improvement. Ladies'
so called bonnets, belter titled head hurrfbugs,
and whieh were formerly made for the head,
are now materially changed. They are Only
worn now to suit (he times and minds of the
wearers. They would make good buggy tope
if they were large enough, and covered with
morocco ; they would let down behind with
out any spring, just es they are accustomed
to be worn by the fair portion of the creation.
Ladies are fond of experiment. They think
there is nothing so good as the extensive
usage of imported goods, such as Silks, Sat
ins, and glaring ribbons; they help tr%le sq;
keep merchants out ot mischief ami supply
the fashionable world with wbat it Wants aud
what it must have. But on the other hand
hairy hats and still more hairy mouths are
favorite peculiarities ; they are indispensable
in the way of looks; they help one appear
brave, romantio and make up for what it
lacks in the cranium. How fine is it to see
young gentry of well developed irames, spin
dle shanks and high heeled stnmpies, cast
aside childish toys and childish sports
and come ont big, bold and valiant with a
few scattered hairs bangiug to their upper
lip , it evince* intrepidity, courage and love
lof one's oountry. This is a little of Ameri
can Aristocracy a certain class of people that
boasts ot tbeir noble ancestry, of the noble
blood that runs tbrouh their veins I Oh !ye
American modern nobility, ye who vaunt
over a few dollars that your latbsrs have left
you; ye who glory tbatye are of noble birth I
ye American aristocracy^of the nineteenth
century ; well ate ye worthy of so honorable
a Vile!
"Ofall the notable things on earth,
The queerest one is pride of birth ;
Among our fierce JJtmoeracie,
A bridge across a hundred years,
Without a prop to save from sneers,
Not even a couple of rotten peers;
A thing of laughter, fleer's aud jeers,
Is American Aristocracy.
Depend upon it my snobbish friend,
Your family thread you car.'l ascend,
Without good reason to apprehend
Yon may find it waxed at the other end,
Ky some plebeian vocation;
Or worse than that your boasted line
May end in a loop of stranger twine
That plagued some worthy relation."
tW Hot Work—Collecting printer's ac
counts when the mercury is dancing a fan
dango in the nine|ies. Cradling rye on a bill
aide isn't a.comparison.
|
nr Many people drop a tear at the sight
of distress who would do better ttf drop a six
pence.
fete" Learning is wealth to the poor, honor
to the rich and oomfort to old age
s'" The melon-eholic day* have come,
when pain* under the apron do most abound,
BT Getting fashionable—Suspenders on
t>oth ends of the unmentionable*.
la Debt Ml oat or DoM.
Of whit a hideous progeny of ill ii debt
the father 1 What meanness, what invasions
on self-respect, what cares, what double
dealing! How in dde season it will oarve
the frank open face into wrinkles ; how like
a knife, 'twill stab the honest heart. And
then its transformation 1 How it has been
known to change a goodly face into a mask
pf brass ; how, with tha " damned custom''
of debt, has the true man become a callous
trickster ! A freedom of debt, and what
nourishing sweetness may be found ic cold
water; what toothsomeness in a dry ornst;
what ambrosial nourishment in a bard egg !
Re sore of it, he who dines out of debt tho'
hia meal be biscuit aud an onion; dines in
" The Appollo." And then for raiment, what
warmth in a threadbare ooat, if ihe tailor's
receipt is in yonr pocket, what Tynan purple
in the faded waistcoat, the vpst not owed for,
how glossy the well worn hat it it cover not
the aching head of a debtor ! Next the home
sweets, the out-door recreation of the freo
man. The street door falls not a knell on
his heart; the foot on the staircase, though
he lives above the third pair, sends no spasm
through his anatomy ; at the rap at his door
he crows forth "come in," and hia pulse
still beats healthfully, his heart sinks not in
his bowels. See him abroad. How COllS
dently, yet how pleasantly he lakes the
street, how he returns look lor look with any
passenger; how he saunters ; how meeting
an acquaintance, he stands and gossips !
But, then this man knows not debt ; debt,
that casts a drug into the richest wine ; That
makes tho food of Ihe gods unwholesome,
indigestible ; that sprinkles the banquets of
a Luculles with ashes, and drops soot in the
soup of an emperor; debt,that like the moth,
makes valueless furs and velvets, enclosing
the wearer in a festering prison, (the shirt of
Nessus was a shirt not paid for ;) debt, that
writes upon frescoed walls tbe hand writing
of the attorney ; that puts a voioe of terror in
the knocker ; that makes Ihe heart quake at
the fireside ; debt, tbe invisible demon that
walks abroad.witb man, now quickeuing his
steps, now making him look on all sides like
a haunted beast, and now bringing to his
face the ashy hue of death, as Ihe unconsci
ous passenger looks glancingly upon him !
Poverty is a bitter draught, yet may, and
sometimes with advantage be gulped down.
Though the drinkers make wry faces, there
may after all be a wholesome goodness in
the cup. But debt, however covertly it be
offered, is the cup of a syren, and the wine,
spicy and delicious though it be, is poison.—
The man out of debt, though with a flaw in
his jerkin, a crack in his shoeleather, and a
hole in bis hat, is still Ihe son of liberty,
free as tbe singing lark above him ; but the
debtor, though clothed in the utmost bravery,
wbat is he but a serf on a holiday—a slave
to be reclaimed at any instant by his owner,
the creditor 1 My 6on, if poor, see wine in
the running spring ; let Iby mouth water at
last week's roll; think a threadbare coat the
' only wearand acknowledge a white
washed garret the fittest house place for a
gentleman ;do this, and flee debt. So shall
thy heart be at peace; and tbe Sheriff be
confounded.— Douglas Jerruld, in "Heads of
theptople."
Singular Law of Mind-
A great many learned opinions have been
published ou the constitutionality—we do not
say expediency—but the constitutionality of
prohibitory laws in general; more especially
those of New York and Massachusetts. This
is a scientific question, depending for its so
lution on the abstract, legal interpretation of
the fundamental laws of those states, and of
civil liberty itself. Now, is it not very singu.
lar that the opinion of every individual prob
ably who has given one, coincides exactly
with hia practice. II he is an abstinent him
self, then prohibitory laws are constitutional.
If he drinks a little, then they arc unconstitu
tional, and opposed to the plain inalienable
principles of oivil freedom.
It is a curious fact, if it is one, as is suppo
sed, worth looking into, in connection witb
the temperance question. It is more cora
piehensive than that much agitated subject;
for it raises ihe inquiry, To wbat extent do
the abstract, logical deductions of the ictel
lect of the best men depend upon tbeir own
characters—on the personal advancement
made by them in pure, genuine morality}
Such a phenomenon, as that presented to the
public now by our jurists, deserves to be
generalized witb a law of the human mind,
which may go fat to explain and account (or
tha otherwise mysterious varieties in conduct
and opinion among mankind. If by study
ing another's character with respect to prac
tical morality, one may have a pretty certain
olua to bis real sentiments and judgmsnls, it
will be important, that the doctrine should be
widely known, for it will be a very useful
guide in more departments of life than one.
Much light will be thrown by it on politico
and politicians, in a special manner. The
question is, then, do men draw their opinion*
and-judgments, even of an abstract sort, very
much from their own inclinations, character,
and habits ?
Is there, then, a total abstinent among all
the learned gentlemen who have pronounoed
against the constitutionality of prohibitory
laws! Is there an habitual drinker, however
moderate, among tbe equally learned men
who have declared auch laws constitution
al!
These queries are put, not for reflection
on either class of gentlemen, but to elicit a
moat singular fact, if it really exists, for the
illustration of a law of mind. No implica
tion whatever is intended, nor tbe least, that
one of them is not just us worthy as the oth
er.— Newark Sentinel.
Mora Bad New* lor Speculators la Dear
Pood.
The Boston Post says—" We have superb
weather, and corn is growing beautifully
throughout New England. Grass turns out
well, 'as far as heard from and pot aloes
nobody saw healthier vines than are now in
blossom." •
We fear we cannot give the speculators in
dear food any consolation this year in the
hopes ol a famine. The country, favored by
Providence and with man's industry, has
been made to yield bountifully, to that dil
igence and wisely-directed labor shall be
properly rewarded. With all this undoubted'
abundance, however, prices will not be as
low as in iormer years. lu fact, they are
likely to be as high as labor engaged in manu
facturing and mechanical pursuits can fkd it
convenient to pay, or that capitalists iu these
pursuits can allow in wages and profitably
oarry on their business. High prices of food
though a special benefit to the speculator, is
a general evil to the community, and partic
ularly to the industrious portion of it, not en
gaged in agricultural production. Such pri
ces diminish the purchasing power of the la
borer's wages, which is equivalent to a re
duction of their wages, and at the same time
they curtail the employer's means of giving
them work, for the increased cost of the man
ufactured production, through the high pri
ces of food, lessens the demand for i's con
sumption.
High prices of food, therefore, affect busi
ness very seriously, and the promise of abun
dance is always indicative of better times
for the laborer. Al present, probably, a mil
lion of men in Europe are withdrawn from
produotion'to carry on a wasting war with
each other, immense quantities of food are
destroyed, and a wide extflh'. of country, in
peaceful times adding to the general store of
wealth, will he given up to devastation.—
With such adverse causes in operation abroad
to counteract the bounties of nature at home,
this country will probably btf'called npon to 1
make up the deficiency arising Irom war.—
This will, in some measure, tend to keep up
prices of food at home, though we nave hope,
from the general piospect of the crops, that
there will be enough to supply readily any
demand which will naturally be made.npon
us, and prices be prevented from getting
above a just and proper average. But spec
ulators need not despair. There may be
.nothing in the season and thg crops to war
rant a comfortable croak,* but ihey will find
in man's lolly ami barbarity "sufficient cau
ses" to keep prices from becoming ruinously
low. — Ledger.
A Green One from Home.
One of the Pennsylvania delegates to the
Know-Nothing National Convention, at Phil
adelphia tells a good story about the verdan
cy of a fellow delegate from Mississippi,
which will probably set Barnum on the hunt
for another great national curiosity. The
Mississippi member taking exceptions to the
patriotism ol some suggestions made in the
Grand Council, declared that his sole motive
incoming there as a delegate was love of
country ; lhathe was a patriot, seeking not of
fice nor emolument, but solicillous only for
the safely and prosperity of his native land.
Our Pennsylvania friend laughing right out,
said to the patriot " if love of country was all
that brought you here, you had better have
remained at home, for you haro most as
suredly got among men who do not appreci
ate your merits. "Why, sir," he continued,
" every body in this country loves it rs far
as it promotes his own individual views.—
We who are here now represent a party
struggling for power for the sakeol the spoils
and emoluments only. The government
would be administered by us just as hereto
fore. This assemblage is altogether compo
sed of old wire-working, cunning politicians
who, in order to get possession of the public
purse, make unusual pretensions to public
virtue, but that is all clap-trap well under
stood among ourselvee, and only used oui
tide to gull th'e people, while we laugh iu
our sleeves at the effect, so if you don't wish
to be ridiculous and to expose your amazing
greenness, do not talk in such a sdly manner
among us." "Ah then," ssid the patriot
whose eyes were being opened, "does it all
result in a contest for the offices of Consta
bles and Governors, without any honesty, or
principle beyond what the old parties pos
sessed?" " Nothing more," was the reply.
" Then," said the patriot, 11 lam posted up.
I am beginning now to understand some of
the doings here. I have no busineas here,
and I think I shall leave for borne by lbs
first train.— PiUtburg Union.
Fast Woman.
The Hon. P. De Boucherville, of Canada,'
has written to a Medioai Journal, givinaTjuai
acoouni of a'young
for several months
The girl fc only
the Doctor assures us
humbug the
oo certainly. If people
ling or drinking, receive
lial and otherwiie, by Spiritual
in various methods do away with
necessities of life, .we may oonolndc* i'blflPj
friends, the Millerites, that the
certainly very near at band.
Tbe power of the young lady above spo
ken of, is truly a very desirable one, in iheso
tig* of high prioes, and perhapa tbe ie on
ly doing it to make die village butcher be
come more reasonable in his terms.—AT. Y.
Picayune.
OT Uneasy is tbe band tbat wears a wig
ia a galo of wiod.
'"."ism. ''
EPIDEMIC DYSENTERY.
Extract from a paper read before the "Midlte
States Reformed Medical Society,"
BV J. S. PRETTYMAN, M. D. •
The inception of this disease may in a
great many instances be altogether prevent
ed by proper attention to diet, regularity of
habit and avoiding exposure to the sun in
the heat of the day. For this purpose I
would proscribe altogether, rich, animal di
et, and especially swine's fle'sh. Such ar
ticles require for their digestion a large a
mount of the normal product of the organs
or viscera that are connected with digestion,
and in consequence of the continued exci
tation thereby produced, their function is de
praved and a predisposition favorable to the
attack is induced. To those who desire to
escape (and who does not) when the epi
demic is raging in the vicinity, a mild fari
naceous and ripe fruit diet is imperative.
Ripe fruit in its season operates as a pre
ventive to most of the enteritic affections,
and especially so to dysentery. It gently
opens the bowels and removes any excess
of the biliary secretion that may be excited
by the increased atmospheric temperature.
It seems to be one of the wise provisions of
nature, that fruit shall ripen at the com
mencement of the hot reason when they
are so well adapter? to the wants of man both
for food and medicine. Some precaution
however is necessary in using it.
Nature's laws are not in any manner to
be violatod with impunity, and even with
this wholesome food of nature's own pre
paring, the stomach must not be overload
ed, or you compel it to do an undue amount
of labor which will result injuriously. Let
the indigestible portions, such as the seed,
skin, &c., be removed, and' use it nt meal
time iti the place of animal food attd it will
prove to be one of the most perfect prophy
lactics that we possess.
A colli shower, sponge or plunge bath
, once or twice a day will also assist in the
prophylaxis.
Stimulating condiments, Sherry CoblersJ
and Mint Juleps must all be avoided, and in
short, a plain, uflirritating diet must be used
in reasonable quantities and at reasonable
hours, and between these hours allow the di
gestive organs to rest.
If these means should fail to secure at least
one free alvine evacuation in Isventy-four
hours it will be advisable to use a mild ape
rient suoh as the siedlitz powdot or the
compound powder of rheubarb. (R —Rhu.
PuT. Soda Sup. Carb. a a grs. xv. Mentha
Pep. Pulv. or some other aromatic grs x. to
be stirred into a cup of cold water and swal
lowed at a dose.)
If the views herein advanced in relation
to the pathology of the disease are correct,
the curative indications are readily inferred.
First, to remove the accumulated bilious ma
terial from the superior portion of the intes
tinal canal, and second, to restore the debil
itated tissue and the functions of the organs.
To fulfil the first indication in the curative
process, it is indispensably necessary that
catharsis should be speedily induced, and in
many cases this becomes a matter of consid-*
erable difficulty inconsequence of the great
irritability of the stomach, which renders it
almost impossible to secure the retention of
a sufficient quantity of medicine to effect
the desijeel result: Nevertheless the object
must be kept steadily iu view and all the
skill of the physician brought to bear against
the difficulty. Fortho irritability 1 have fre
, queutly resorted to emetics and I must say
generally without benefit and in some in
stances they have really added too, instead
of lessened the difficulty. The reason of
this I conceive is to be found in the fact that
the cause of the nausea is not to be found
in the stomach itself, but in the superior por
tion of the small intestines which there sym
pathetically effects the stomach and pro
duces the irritability, and this class of agents
do not teach it.
When free catharsis is produced and the
biliary accumulation begins to pass freely
from the bowels this symptom usually sub
sides. Until this effect, then, can be pro
duced, the nausea and vomiting must be
corahatted by counter-irritants, such as the
mustard poultice, or flannel cloth? wrung
out of hot bandy or hot fomentations, at the
same time some certain purgatives must be
administered and their action facilitated by
all the tneaus at command. For this pur
pose I know of no more efficient remedy
than our common antibilious purge, and if
one do e is rejected or fails to operate an
other .must be administered and its opera
tion aiv V.'.ed by copious injections of tepid
water until you succeed in your efforts and
establish free catharsis.
• I do not wish it to be understood that this
is the-ljeat plan of treatment for all tho forms 4
"fTto-di '**'" i .but bear in mind that lam
the malignant epidemic, InJ|
Lfeave no doubt that
beneficial, and if
■■morbid >s iQi
DTDC administered. In I
disease I do not consider the
which highly spoken of by
at all applicable; nor
contradict this conclu
■■tigb the Podophyllum in its natural
3Qp|pHi6ng has genorally proved efficaci
tolWl fulfilling this first indication. The -
I chief force of the resinous principle of this 1
| plant seems to be expended upon the liver,
exciting it to OR increase of function, by
which a greater quantity of bile is poured
into die duodenum, and the whole difficulty
augmented instead of lessened, while the
powdered root acts more efficiently as a <
cathartic, and in combination with rheubarb i
it becomes a valuable remedy in the terno- i
val of the morbid contents of the small in
testines. It may be administered, mixed in
equal quantities, jn doses of SO grs. every
two hours until free catharsis is induced.
A mixture of castor-oil and spirits of tur
pentine will sometmes fiulfill this indication
in a very satisfactory manner, and indeed
any of the efficient cathartics of the Reform
Materia Medica may answer the purpose.
In the severe form of the disease under
consideration there seems to be an effort on
the part of the intestines to relieve them
selves of some morbid irritating matter, and
hence the powerful spasmodic contractions
which produce the intolerable pain with
which the disease is accompanied. When
free catharsis is once induced, these na-
I tnral efforts tend to maintain it, aud the
more poweful cathartics may be omitted and
their place supplied with milder reme
dies of the same nature, such as the syrup
of Rheubarb and potash, or Rheubarb and
magnesia, &c.; but at this point in the treat
ment the Leptandrin isthe best adapted rem
edy ever discovered, and it may be com
bined with tonics and stimulants as indica
ted. This effect must be kept up until the
morbid accumulation is removed ; and du
ring the whole time the nausea and debility
must be combatted with their appropriate
remedies. As the cause of the disease is
thus removed, and the heptatic congestion
as a part thereof, subsides, the fuuetion of
the organs implicated will be left greatly im
paired and in a debilitated condition, after
the more urgent symptoms are releived this
condition of the organs will require unceas
ing attention. The patient's diet must be j
(carefully selected, or cholera morbus, colic
and affections of a kindred nature will not
only be a constant source of trouble to both
patient and physician, but they may sudden
ly overthrow all the brilliant prospects of a
recovery that you have so long labored to
bring about. To restore the function of the
liver lite following we have found to be un
equalled by any other remedy or combina
tion of remedies that we have ever met with.
The following is the foftnulte;
Hydrastine grs. xx.
Leptandrin grs. x.
I'ouophyllin " ijss.
Such. Lactis drachm j.
M. and tuturate welltogether in a mortar and
divide into xx. powders one of which may
be given overy two hours. This not only
acts as an efficient hepatic stimulant, but
also as a tonic to the enfeebled mucous
membrane.
In the sporadic variety of dysentery, the
"Syrup of Rheubarb and Potash" of tho
Eclectic Dispensatory, administered in ta
ble spoonful doses until it produces an ap
perient effect is sufficient medical treatment
and with a proper attention to diet, will al
most invariably effect a cure.
When the disease assumes a chronic
form—which it only does from the want of
correct treatment in its early stages—the
liver will always be found to be in a torpid
sta'.o, the food will be badly digested, pass
ing through the patient, often without any
impression being made upon it by tho di
gestive organs. There will also be ulcera
tion of the mucous coat of the bowels with
thickening and induration in bands and
spots. The patient is much emaciated,
with flat contracted abdomen, dry skin,
tongue of a slate color, glossy and morbidly
clean, as if skinned; the stools consist of a
dirty brown opaque water. In such cases
we prescribe the pill of Podophyllin and
Leptandrin, each containing a half grain of
the former and one grain of the latter, one of I
which may be administered sufficiently of
ten to produce one or two bilious dejections
per day. In connection with these the fol
lowing mixture exerts a very beneficial ef
fect iu allaying the morbid irritability and
healing and strengthening the diseased in*
testing. R.—Mucil. g. acacitc ounce iij.;
Pure white sugar, spts. turpentine, comp.
spirits of lavender, of each drachms ij.; sweet j
spirits of nitre drachms iij.; calcined mag-1
nesia grs. x ij. mix., the dose of which is a |
tablespoonful three times per day. The
cold sponge bath is also a valuable auxilia
ry, and if the patient's strength will admit
the shower bath is still more beneficial.
In the treatment of alt the forms of Dysen
tery it is well to remember that the mildest
farinaceous diet must be the only nourish
ment for a considerable length of time; un
til the debilitated orgnns have time to recover
a portion at least of their natural strength and
vigor.
Some may suppose that this course
of treatment is too depletive; but we can
from much experience assure them that such
is not the fact. Many patients in whom the
attack was of the most malignant and dan
gerous form, and who withal were of deli
cate constitution, have in my hands been
ikus treated with the most triumphant suc
and without the debilitating results
are usually produced by hypercatharsis.
■Us I account for by the purgative not pro
the drain upon the circulation as in
cases, in consequence of the load
fed state of the superior portion of the intesti
! nal canal; which is also less susceptible to
1 the influence of such medicines because
of the membranous shield formed by nature
for its protection against the cause of the dis
oase. Where great debility ia a prominent
symptom after the bowels are once freely
opened, the neutralizing mixture and injec
tions are all the evacoants that the physi
cian will be justified in using; while tonics
and stimulants must be freely used without
any regard to febrile symptoms.
Of this malignant form of the disease I
have treated 194 cases, of all wges, class and
conditions with tho loss of Jb* patients, one
of which was an old lady of f 0 years, whose
son when he came after me I told that she
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was too old and frail to escape, and that t
did not expect to cure her. lie said that he
did not expect tct see her cured but he wish
ed me to attend upon her. The oiher four
were small children, none thorn than twelvfe
months old, whose frail vitality seemed to
yield io the overpowering force of the dis
ease, before the necessary medicinal Ihtprea
sions could he effected.
from the Middle States Medical Reformed.
The Study or Medicine,
BT T. BACM KISTCtt.
Of all the scientific studies, that of Medi
cine seems to cover and actually dobs cover
the largest area of scientific ground, inas
much as, to the fttll Understanding of its va
rious branches, a knowledge of fnost ail the
i natural sciences is requisite.
Thero are in the human body the mani
festations of all the various forces with Which
natural Philosophy, in its widest sense, had
to deal. The laws of sound, light, electrici
ty, magnetism, of equilibrium and motion,
of inorgance and organic chemistry, are all
requisite to the proper understanding of
Physiology alone, —and altogether the othef
branches Of Medioal Science do not call for
a wider scope of auxiliary scientific knowl
edge than tit is, they are, what is more per
plexing to the student, for a great part based
on maxims, which when called by theif
right name, are neither more nor less than
empiricisms.
A single look into a volume treating of
Materia Medica will convince any one Of
the truth of this assertion. We there find
the material on which our future success,
in alleviating human suffering, Is dependant
and to our sorrow we perceive that the trutha
laid down are only so many appeals to out
faith in the correct observation of others. '
Here it is that we And ourselves, at least
in the beginning o I.Judical Study, deprived
of that deep-felt conviction which is our joy
ful companion in the study of the pure sci
ences.
How then, can we be reconciled to the
loss which is felt in this respect?
I answer, there is but ond way:—in the
first place study that which is within the
grasp of the mind and let the knowledge
thus obtained be used as an instrument with
which to reveal the more hidden things of
nature. *
Study the laWs of nattlrd as jjrey bear upori
this subject, become acquainted with Chem
istry, Anatomy and rhygiology and if thor
ough, that clear, unprejudiced perception,
which shall be a guiding star at the bed
side of the sick us well as in the adminis
tration of your remedies, will be acquired.
Away with the idda that a host of symp
toms and remedial agents learned by heart,
will carry one through the ordeal of practi
cal life, or that one can do better than an
other simply because he is aware of errors in
medical theory and practice. A knowledge of
others faults may be advantageous if proper
ly applied, but it will hever serve as a sound
basis on which a concientious physician
should stand.
I do not eay that we should exclude a
knowledge of others faults in practice as
useless, but should be careful how we im
bibe the faults of others. We should seek
to prove all things und to hold fast to that
which is good.
Always let the judgment recognise the
fundamental principles which should guide'
and direct us, for in ho other way can we
stand In the ranks of progressive science
and by no other means can we rightfully ex
pect to reap any benefit from scientific la
bor.
The idea that Medicine could be practiced l
by mere routine was tow much upheld by
the early Reformers; and we all know that
this idea they advanced has been a great *'
hitiderance to Reform and has drawn upon*
it the severest criticism.
Onward is the watchword 1 of the age and l
unless the students, who daily join the ranks
of Reform, carry with them this spirit of the
times, tboy will be of little service to the in
terest of Progressive Medicine.
Behavior Is Society'
The person who goes into society with the
simple wi;h to please and to be pleased gen
erally succeeds in both objects.
The individual who wishes to be wefcome
in society must extinguish in himself the
weak desire of showing off.
To dress in a more costly style then the
majority ol the company can afford iathe ex
treme of vulgarity.
But to be indifferent to drees is asuaFly a
mark of excessive vanity} a* though ens
would say, *1 am charging e(tough without
the aid of outward adornment.
The forma of etiquette are the safeguards
against impertinence, and it is beet, in a mis
cellaneous company, to observe them punc
tiliously.
To be perfectly polite it is only necessary
to be perfectly juat—to conform to the golden
rule—to render to all their due of respect,
consideration, and servioe.
To acquire elegance of manner ofoerce,
those who possess it, and divine their secret.
Self possession is half the battle, a good heart
and a little praotioe will do the vest.
The most graceful thing a person oen do in
company is to pay attention to those who are
least likely to have attention—that is, those
whose friendship does not confer honor, net
their conversation pleasure.
Aflsctation is thohnne of social intercourse
at present. All who would raally please muat
avoid H utterly.
In fine, those who wish to please in Moie
ty must have a kind heart, a well informed
mind, and graceful manner, and becoming
attire. These am welcome everywhere.